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Magic Markers — Why the rut plays such a role in deer hunting success

Few periods of a deer’s life are as important to hunters as that reproductive time commonly called the Rut. It is the subject of much discussion, anticipation and study. It is the one time each year when hunters have a better-than-average chance at seeing and harvesting a trophy buck. But do you as a hunter know how to best use the collective research to kill the trophy of a lifetime? […]

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Guns

As the saying goes, “Different strokes for different folks.” But for gun hunters, the better saying may be “Different chokes for different folks.” […]

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Speck Specialist — How to hunt Delta specklebellies

Goose hunting has never been a major part of the Mississippi waterfowling experience. There just haven’t been that many of the B-52-sized birds migrating through the state to attract that much attention. But that has changed in recent years, as agricultrual practices along the Mississippi Delta have changed. And, so while most Magnolia waterfowlers dream of that perfect flight of greenheads cupping into their spreads, Canton’s Jacob Sartain and his buddies have spent every available minute trying to outsmart wave after wave of geese. […]

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The right camo

What could be a more-natural surrounding sitting out in a flooded field duck hunting blind than water, mud, cattails and corn stalks? That’s what Steve Maloney thought after duck hunting in marshes and flooded fields for 30 years. […]